Squeaking Belt

fobra559 · Jan 8, 2008

The Steeda UD pulleys were put on yesterday and my belt started squeaking this morning all of a sudden. Is this normal with aftermarket pulleys?

fobra559 · Jan 9, 2008

Anyone?.....Guess the squeaking noise is normal on the Steeda pulleys?

BCB00GT · Jan 9, 2008

Not normal. I changed my Steeda pulleys years ago. Never heard a peep from the belt. Maybe, just guessing, your belt was almost at the point of needing replacement and the idler can't adjust enough for the slight difference with the UDPs.

I replaced my stock belt with another stock years after the swap. Still have that one on the car. No noises.

98E9GT · Jan 9, 2008

put a small spray of Armor All on the belt, always takes care of any belt noise.

CobraRed_96_GT · Jan 9, 2008

shouldn't squeak - you need a new belt. Unless it's the tensioner that's squeaking

fobra559 · Jan 9, 2008

Thanks guys, I'll check that out.

ceracer33 · Jan 9, 2008

i also have trouble with belt squeek after steeda pulley's. i thought it was the tensioner so i replaced it, then the idler pulley, still didnt help, so i put on a new belt and that fixed it. then a couple months later it started doing it again. put some belt conditioner on it and it went away but comes back every now and then and i put on some more conditioner and its good to go for a while.

fobra559 · Jan 9, 2008

ceracer33 said:
i also have trouble with belt squeek after steeda pulley's. i thought it was the tensioner so i replaced it, then the idler pulley, still didnt help, so i put on a new belt and that fixed it. then a couple months later it started doing it again. put some belt conditioner on it and it went away but comes back every now and then and i put on some more conditioner and its good to go for a while.

Man something is not right. Might have to replace my belt even though it looks pretty good to me. My buddy said it sounded like I had a vortech under the hood because it would sound like it's whistling I think he was on drugs.

nyuk98gt · Jan 9, 2008

fobra559:

I have not had a problem with noise and the Steeda pulleys. Squeals and squeaks can come from many places: alternator, water pump, A/C clutch, tensioner, idler, steering pump,...

Pop open the hood and use a piece of Tygon tubing held up to your ear at one end and then find the squeak/squeal by moving the open end around the path of the belt. Be VERY careful when doing this or you'll get chewed up in the belt. If you just pop the hood and lean over to listen, you can't pinpoint the exact spot. With the tubing, you WILL find the spot.

HTH,

Chris

p.s.-- I quite enjoy that photo in your sig! LOL

fobra559 · Jan 9, 2008

nyuk98gt said:
fobra559:

I have not had a problem with noise and the Steeda pulleys. Squeals and squeaks can come from many places: alternator, water pump, A/C clutch, tensioner, idler, steering pump,...

Pop open the hood and use a piece of Tygon tubing held up to your ear at one end and then find the squeak/squeal by moving the open end around the path of the belt. Be VERY careful when doing this or you'll get chewed up in the belt. If you just pop the hood and lean over to listen, you can't pinpoint the exact spot. With the tubing, you WILL find the spot.

HTH,

Chris

p.s.-- I quite enjoy that photo in your sig! LOL

Thanks. Do i perhaps need a smaller belt size for the Steeda Pulleys? or do they work with the stock belt?

fobra559 · Jan 10, 2008

Solved the problem last night, I just needed one belt size shorter than the stock for the squeaking to go away. Now it runs squeak free

BCB00GT · Jan 10, 2008

So you didn't try a new OEM belt first. The Steeda UDPs work with the stock belt. I replaced my old OEM with a new OEM belt. Never had an issue.

ceracer33 · Jan 10, 2008

i had thought about replacing mine with a shorter belt as well. guess thats what i need to do

fobra559 · Jan 10, 2008

BCB00GT said:
So you didn't try a new OEM belt first. The Steeda UDPs work with the stock belt. I replaced my old OEM with a new OEM belt. Never had an issue.

Had both new OEM belt and and the new shorter size one too. The OEM size belt felt loose for some reason and that was the cause of the squeaking for my car With the new shorter size belt, the squeaks don't come up any more. I'm still keeping my new OEM belt just in case

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